Dan Brown's - Paris

Dan Brown's mystical thriller has set off aenlightened to a few of the author's liberties taken in
mini-industry in Parisian travel, with enthralled readersthe writing of this book. From there, one will enter
touring the locations in its plot to unravel its enigmas.the Carrousel du Louvre, where Silas murdered the
"Da Vinci Code" fever has hit hard in France, as itmuseum curator Jacques Saunier, to see the inverted
featured in Dan Brown's best-selling novel and Ronpyramid believed to house the Holy Grail itself. Next,
Howard's recent film adaptation. Paris perhaps boastscross the Pont des Arts on the way to the gallery
the most credible link to the novel, and entrepreneursdistrict of the Left Bank.
there have taken the craze to new heights, withThis walk will take the tourist to the Church of
nearly 30 companies offering bus trips, walking toursSt-Germain-des-Pres before closing the tour at the
and luxurious vacation packages. The Ritz hotel,final destination, St. Sulpice. Here one will view the
where main character Robert Langdon stays, isinfamous Rose Line and take a look inside this
offering an uncharacteristically cheesy "The Ritz anddramatic church. Follow the Rose Line to the
Da Vinci" package comprising a night at the hotel, atowering obelisk where Silas mistakenly believed the
bathrobe and an illustrated special edition of the book.Holy Grail rested.
Then there's the five-night extravaganza offered byThe latest craze is to search for the clues Robert
the hotel Chateau de Villette, the fictional residenceLangdon and Sophie Neveu sought as they
of the character Sir Leigh Teabing, about half an hourdeciphered clues hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's
outside Paris.masterpieces like la Grande Galerie du Musée
A tourist group would walk from the tony Placedu Louvre, where fictional curator Jacques
Vendome down to the Tuileries Gardens, over to theSaunière was murdered, works of art such as
Carrousel du Louvre's inverted pyramid, across thethe Mona Lisa and The Virgin of the Rocks by
Pont des Arts and into the sixth arrondissement, toLeonardo da Vinci, the Death of the Virgin by
the churches of St. Germain des Pres and St. Sulpice.Caravaggio, l'arc du Carousel, pont du Carousel, and
All the sites figure in the book, with the exception ofthe frescoes by Eugène Delacroix, the ceiling,
the Pont des Arts. The Da Vinci Code Walking Tourthe astronomical gnomen, and the "brass Line" inside
of Paris will take one through the pages of DanSaint-Sulpice Church. One can find the Arago plaques
Brown's sweeping novel that has engulfed the worldthat mark Paris' "Rose Line", the north-south
with conspiracy. Follow the adventure of renownedmeridional line from which all east-west distances in
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he searchesFrance were measured until 1884. Search for the
for the hidden clues that lie all the way through Paris.Holy Grail in I.M. Pei's Inverted Pyramid.
Almost all the tour begins at the famous Hotel Ritz,"Da Vinci Code" sensationalism is encouraging visitors
where the novel opens with Robert Langdon fastto Paris to take an interest in European history and
asleep. Walk through the Jardin des Tuileries andart, and who can find fault in that? If nothing else, it's
enjoy the beautiful gardens as the tourist isa lovely walk.